US Patent Issued to Asahi Kasei on Oct. 27 for "Highly heat-resistant resin composite including chemically modified, fine cellulose fibers" (Japanese Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Oct. 27 -- United States Patent no. 12,774,389, issued on Oct. 27, was assigned to Asahi Kasei K.K. (Tokyo).

"Highly heat-resistant resin composite including chemically modified, fine cellulose fibers" was invented by Hirofumi Ono (Tokyo), Kazufumi Kawahara (Tokyo), Ryosuke Ozawa (Tokyo) and Masahiro Ohga (Tokyo).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Provided is a resin composite having high mechanical properties which make the resin composite moldable into and usable as members for use in applications such as vehicle-mounted members and electrical materials. The resin composite comprises 0.5-40 mass % chemically modified, fine cellulose fibers and a resin, wherein the chemically mod...